Kid-Friendly Bike Rides in Metro Vancouver

Watching your child master peddling on two wheels is an exciting moment for many parents. I still remember both our boys pedalling off, down the lane, having all my fingers and toes crossed in the hopes they remembered how to stop. For years the kids were happy riding bikes outside of our house and around the neighbourhood. But as they got older we became interested in going for bike rides as a family.

We’ve put together a list of bike rides that most riders could handle (when plied with a sufficient number of snacks). We’ve endeavoured to source routes that have visual interest (or playgrounds) to help keep the littles going when their legs get tired.

Greater Vancouver Zoo (Aldergrove)

Features: paved, 5km return
Where: Greater Vancouver Zoo (you need to purchase admission to the Zoo; you can bring your own bikes)
Features: animals, playground

Willingdon Linear Park (Burnaby)

Features: paved, 13 blocks long (one way)
Where: Brentwood Towne Centre to Hastings Street
Highlights: two pocket parks, public art, dedicated bike lane

King Albert Greenway (Coquitlam)

Features: paved, 6km round trip
Where: Blue Mountain Park to Mundy Park
Highlights: great playground at Blue Mountain Park; fun pedestrian bridge over Como Creek; loads of trails to explore in Mundy Park

Fort to Fort Trail (Fort Langley)

Features: paved / compact dirt, 10km round trip
Where: along the Fraser River in Fort Langley (Fort Langley National Historic Site to Derby Reach Regional Park)
Highlights: multiple playgrounds, access to the Fraser River, rolling hills, Fort Langley Village

Crosstown and Queens Park (New Westminster)

Features: paved, 10km round trip
Where: From the 22nd Street Skytrain Station to Queen’s Park
Highlights: heritage houses, Queens Park, Millennium Trial, Sapperton Playground, and Hume Park

False Creek (Vancouver)

Features: paved, 9km
Where: circling all of False Creek
Highlights: Science World, Granville Island, Yaletown, ride the Aquabus (with your bike) to complete the circle

Seaside Greenway (Vancouver)

Features: paved / compact dirt, 18km round trip
Where: Vanier Park to Spanish Banks
Highlights: stunning Vancouver beaches and parks – Vanier Park, Kitsilano Beach, Jericho Beach, Spanish Banks

If you are looking for more family-friendly biking ideas we highly recommend the site Let’s Go Biking.

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Lindsay Follett

In 2012, after nearly 2 decades of fundraising for BC universities, Lindsay Follett was ready for a change of pace and came on board as the City Editor of Family Fun Vancouver. For 10 years she, together with her husband and their two sons, explored every possible family-friendly event and found constant enjoyment in sharing their adventures with the Family Fun Vancouver audience. In 2014, Lindsay took on the additional role as our National Sales and Marketing Director. After stepping down as Editor in 2022, she is excited to focus all of her time working with clients to promote their family-friendly events on our network. If you wish to promote your event, venue, program, or product to either our national audience or a city-specific audience, please email Lindsay at lindsay@familyfuncanada.com